Heel for shoes.



m. $34,998. Patented Oct. l7, I899.

B. RUMSEY.

HEEL FOR SHUES.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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HEEL FOR SHOES.

SIE'ECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Eatent NO. 634,998, dated October 17, 1899.

Application filed December 19, 1898. Serial No. 699,729. (No model.)

To (all whom it 'IILCZ'Z/ concern.-

Be it known that I, BYRON RUMSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Heel for Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in heels for shoes.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of heels for shoes and to provide an elastic one and to enable a rubber block or section to be securely attached to the rear portion of a heel without perforating it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a heel constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sec tional view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the heel, the rubber section or block being detached. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the rubber section or block, illustrating the arrangement of the angularly-disposed dowelpins.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the fi gures of the d rawings.

1 designates a substantially segmental block of rubber or other suitable elastic material arranged in a corresponding recess 2 in the lower portion of a heel 3 of a shoe at the back thereof and having its front edge 4: beveled at the lower face to conform to the configuration of and interlock with the frontwall 5 of the recess, which is dovetailed, whereby the elastic block or section has its front portion securely fastened to the heel and held against downward movement. The rear portion of the elastic block or section is interlocked with the adjacent or upper portion of the heel by means of a pair of upwardly and outwardly inclined dowel pins 6, embedded in and suitably fixed to the elastic section and engaging corresponding inclined sockets 7 of the upper portion of the heel. The dowel-pins are arranged substantially at an acute angle to the inclined undercut wall at the front of l the recess of the body of the heel. The outward inclination of the dowel-pins and the i corresponding disposition of the socketseffectuallyhold the rear end of the elastic block or section against outward and downward 3 movement, and by having the elastic section interlocked with the heel in this manner it is securely held in place without perforating it or nailing it to the heel, thereby greatly increasing the elasticity of the heel and the durability thereof. i

The front portion or section 8 of the heel, llying below the plane of the upper face of 1 the elastic block and forming the front wall of the recess, is laminated, and the layers of leather, which are secured to the upper portion of the heel in the usual manner, are applied to the same after the elastic block has been interlocked with the rear portion of the heel by means of the dowel-pins, the rubber being compressed, so that its front beveled edge will fit tightly against the front wall of the recess. The pins 6 terminate short of the outer face of the elastic block, which presents a continuous unbroken exterior.

The invention has the following advantages: The heel is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and the elastic block or section, which is interlocked with the body portion of the heel, is secured to the same withou t perforating it,whereby the durability and efficiency of the same will be greatly increased. The outer face of the elastic block or section presents a perfectly smooth surface, and the edge of the adjacent portion of the heel overlaps it andextends rearward, so that there is no liability of the heel becoming caught in an obstruction. The elastic block is adapted to be detached without withdrawing any fastening devices from it, and it presents a continuous unbroken outer face.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Nhat is claimed is A heel comprising a body portion provided wall thereof undercut and inclined, said body portion being provided in the top wall of the recess, with a socket arranged at an inclination and disposed at an acute angle to the at its back with a recess and having the front plane of the inclined Wall, and an elastic block fitting the recess and provided with an inclined front face to engage the inclined front wall of the body portion and provided with an inclined pin arranged at an acute angle to the said front face and adapted to fit in the entire socket, said block being adapted to be sprung into and ontof engagel 'ment with the body portion of the heel without removing a fastening device, substan- 10 tially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing" as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BYRON RUMSEY.

WVitnesses:

C. H. HUBBELL, E. A. TIBBINS. 

